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Steatite Boulder

Text: "This steatite boulder was found on the site of a prehistoric quarry along Soapstone Ridge 8 miles south of Decatur. It shows the methods of Indians in making stone bowls with the first birding of the stone to remove workable cores. It is estimated to be at least 3000 years old by archaeologists studying such remains in central and north Georgia.

 

"The soapstone quarry on River Road, DeKalb County, is the largest found by archaeologists in Georgia."

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Uploaded on August 29, 2009
Taken on August 23, 2009